Carcinoembryonic antigens (CD66) on epithelial cells and neutrophils are receptors for Opa proteins of pathogenic neisseriae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 941-950

  Virji, Mumtaz ^a   Makepeace, Katherine ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^a   Watt, Suzanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; NEISSERIA;

EID: 0029848536     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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